Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Several candidates recorded outstanding performances at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

 Geometric improvements will be carried out on the East Coast Railway Embankment Road come September for smoother traffic flow.

Swift action by the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) aided in the removal of a large quantity of seized foreign chicken from two separate cold storage facilities in the Berbice area after it was discovered that the commodities were unlawfully being disposed of, the GRA said today.

  NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today ruled a controversial Muslim instant divorce law unconstitutional, a landmark victory for Muslim women who had long argued that it violated their right to equality.

Defeat Tallawahs by 37 runs Chris Gayle, playing in his 50th CPL match, produced his 63rd T20 fifty as St Kitts & Nevis Patriots cruised past Jamaica Tallawahs by 37 runs to guarantee a place in the playoffs for the first time in their three-year history.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially selected the Boys and Girls teams which will represent the nation at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Goodwill Series scheduled for Suriname from the August 25th– 27th.

Colts secured wins over Kobras and Plaisance Guardians in the Open and U-23 Divisions, respectively, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Sunday, at the Burnham Court, at Carmichael and Middle streets.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral land ownership began hearings yesterday with a significant portion of the first day’s proceedings being dedicated to questions pertaining to the allocation of lots in the controversial ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The gradual decline of West Indian cricket is hardly a new phenomenon but the latest capitulation of a once-dominant test match power has brought genuine expressions of sadness throughout the sport.

For another year, the opening of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference was dominated by concerns about land rights, with Chairman Joel Fredericks yesterday calling out the APNU+AFC government for making decisions that affect land ownership without first seeking the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of affected Indigenous groups.

Former magistrate Chandra Sohan was yesterday charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following an accident along the Williamsburg Public Road, where he allegedly hit a pedestrian.

Dear Editor, The news about the march against homosexuality in Linden on 19 August, 2017 shows the dilemma in a country which is yet to understand human rights.

LONDON, CMC – The fallout from West Indies’ humbling innings defeat to England in the opening Test weekend has continued with several of the Caribbean players slumping in the latest International Cricket Council rankings.

Effective September 1, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be charging businesses monthly fees for the collection of commercial and industrial waste as it seeks to subsidise its $50 million per month garbage disposal bill.

Dear Editor, On Saturday 19th, August, I followed the performance of our West Indies team responding to England’s 1st inning total of 514/8 declared in the first day/night-pinkball-Test match ever played in England.

Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) and Essequibo/Pomeroon Football Association secured easy wins when the UDFA GT Beer Inter-Association Championship continued on Sunday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden, UDFA downed East Coast Football Association 3-1.

President David Granger on Sunday committed to ensuring that a memorial is built at the Independence Park in Cummingsburg next year to commemorate the 195th anniversary of the 1823 Demerara Slave Revolt.

Dear Editor, As the organizer and an apostle of Yehsua the messiah, it is necessary for me to give redress to the some contents of the article captioned ‘Linden church leader stages march against homosexuality’ published in Sunday Stabroek, August 20.

(Reuters) – England’s Stuart Broad wants to play in the home Ashes series against Australia in 2019, the paceman has said after passing Ian Botham to take second place on the country’s all-time list of test wicket-takers.

(Reuters) – Raheem Sterling’s 82nd-minute goal saved 10-man Manchester City from defeat as they drew 1-1 at home to Everton after Wayne Rooney had put the visitors ahead.

A Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with three counts of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, August 21 marked five years since central government signed an agreement with the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council, and it is yet to be honoured.

The Kares Engineering Inc. Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic VIII recently handed over an undisclosed sum of cash to Chantoba Bright, Compton Caesar and Daniel Williams, three of Linden’s and Guyana’s top athletes.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, the 20th of August, a pastor in Linden staged a march against homosexuality and expressed his displeasure in President David Granger’s consideration of repealing the current laws which criminalise homosexual acts.

Cleveland King, who was held in connection with a sexual offence on a child, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was read a charge of escaping lawful custody.

Paradise Invaders suffered their first loss in the Berbice zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) Under-17 League, losing to Cougars 2-1, on Sunday at the Burnham Park ground, New Amsterdam.

Dear Editor, In late 2016 four capital projects in Region Nine were awarded to a coastland contractor.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle is poised to play his first One-Day International in 29 months after being named Monday in a 15-man squad for the five-match tour of England next month.

A Region Nine contractor was on Monday arrested and is being questioned by police as investigations into the illegal airstrip and airplane found some distance away from Santa Fe continues.

Eron Lall Civil Engineering Works has secured a $66.4m contract for a variety of works in Region Four.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela is preparing an international summit to rally support for an all-powerful lawmaking body, whose recent creation drew widespread foreign condemnation as a power grab by leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

The police constable who fatally struck Phulmattie Ramotar last Tuesday, while she was crossing the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara, has been placed under open arrest and is likely to be charged soon.

Fifteen mining syndicates will be given in the first instance, 12,000 acres of land each to give a combined area of 180,000 acres of land.

SUBIRATS, Spain, (Reuters) – Spanish police yesterday shot dead an Islamist militant who killed 13 people with a van in Barcelona last week, ending a five-day manhunt for the perpetrator of Spain’s deadliest attack in over a decade.

Dear Editor, I happily join in welcoming the several hundred Amerindian Toshaos, councillors and other elected representatives of the Amerindian villages and communities across Guyana who are attending the National Toshaos Council Conference 2017.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados captain Kieron Pollard wants a huge final push from his side ahead of their home leg starting here next week, as they seek to turn the page on a spell of ordinary form and book their place in the final four of the Caribbean Premier League.

Attorney Christopher Ram, during his closing submissions before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) established to investigate the alleged plot to assassinate the president, contended that it is clear that the accuser Andriff Gillard had been completely dishonest and he expressed concern for the man’s mental state.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Sports highest tribunal has upheld life bans on two top Russian athletics officials and the son of former world governing body president Lamine Diack for covering up an elite Russian athlete’s positive dope test and blackmailing her over it.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in Stabroek News captioned, ‘Linden Church Leader stages march against homosexuality’ (August 20). 

(Reuters) – Comedian Jerry Lewis died of end-stage heart disease when he passed away at his home at age 91 in Las Vegas on Sunday, Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said yesterday.

As the probe into last Friday’s unrest at the Lusignan Prison continues, it is yet to be determined if charges are likely to be laid against the inmates behind the reported bid to kill a fellow prisoner.

Four of Guyana’s best wheelsmen will be competing with some of the world’s best riders at the Elite Pan American Track Championships 2017 scheduled for August 30 to September 3 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor,   Since his ascension to the highest office, President Granger has been making some erroneous decisions that many believe are in direct conflict with his own, and the promises made in the 2015 APNU+AFC Manifesto.

A labourer was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with assaulting his common-law wife.

Dear Editor, It is important that we do not act, write or speak irresponsibly about our cricket.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump opened the door to an increase in U.S.

MAPUTO, (Reuters) – Mozambique’s government plans to set up a sovereign investment fund where taxes paid on sales of the country’s minerals will be used to finance development projects, state-run AIM news agency said on Monday quoting the finance minister.

A Sophia man has been remanded to prison on a ganja trafficking charge.

LONDON,(Reuters) – The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) have confirmed they are looking into a match between Alexandr Dolgopolov and Thiago Monteiro after concerns were raised over suspicious betting patterns surrounding the contest on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Recent developments in several countries including South Africa and neighbouring Brazil have demonstrated that corruption and perceptions of corruption can change the power dynamics in politically significant ways.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley admitted yesterday that something went drastically wrong and was crooked in the procurement of the passenger ferry the Ocean Flower 2.

THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, India, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly.

With all systems in place for the staging of the inaugural Guinness Cage Football Championship, coordinators Three Peat Promotion, has requested the presence of each participating team at the tournaments launch tomorrow, at the Windjammer Hotel, Kitty from 14:00hrs.

Mark Anthony, the 18-year-old who was left paralysed last year after allegedly exchanging gunfire with an off-duty policeman during a robbery, was sentenced to 18 months in jail on Friday, when he was convicted.

Dear Editor, What sort of codes are stipulated for the construction of buildings in Guyana?

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – A Chilean court on Monday ruled that a law legalizing abortion in certain cases is constitutional, a win for President Michelle Bachelet’s centre-left coalition and for groups that have campaigned for years against the country’s strict ban.

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy announced yesterday a fleet-wide probe and plans for temporary halts in operations to focus on safety, as it searched for 10 sailors missing after the fourth major accident in the U.S.

Dear Editor, Poetry flows in my blood. How I enjoy reading poems, tasting and drinking until I am satisfied.

Once you hear the sweeper/cleaners’ story you come to understand that it is more than an industrial relations engagement.

The Demerara Tobacco Company Ltd. (DEMTOCO) on Friday rejected an assertion by the PAHO/WHO Representative here, Dr William Adu-Krow that as an industry it would seek to deter President David Granger from assenting to the recently passed Tobacco Control Bill of 2017.

LIMA, Peru — If you talk with Latin American presidents and top diplomats — as I did in recent days — you will conclude that President Donald Trump’s recent remark that he may consider a U.S.

Patrice December was bursting with joy and excitement when Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes (left) presented her with a wheelchair to improve her mobility.

(Reuters) – Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao’s rematch with Australian Jeff Horn has been confirmed for Brisbane later this year, the city’s mayor said on Monday.

LAGARTO, Brazil, (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday accused Brazil’s government of undoing social progress made during his years in office and vowed to restore it if he was allowed to run again next year.